Tag Archive | "Military"
Posted on 14 October 2010. Tags: BHM, Black Britons, Black History Month, Caribbean Aircrew, Education, Military, RAF, Senegalese, Soldiers, WW1, WW2, Walter Tull, curriculum, schools

by P Gregory: Owner Editor of the Black Presence Website.
So, Black History Month 2010 is upon us, and as I sit here and take a breather after working hard to get the website to a state of readiness, I wonder how long it will be before the mud starts flying?
Black History Month, is at best ...
Posted in Africa, Black History, Black History Month, Education, Europe, Military, Politics, Racism, War
Posted on 04 May 2009. Tags: Army, Black, Blacks, British, England, France, London, Military, Racism, Somme, Spurs, Tottenham, Troops, War, awards, football, schools

Walter Tull was born in Folkestone on 28th April 1888. His father was a carpenter from Barbados who had moved to Folkestone and married a local woman. By the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents, and when he was 10 he and his brother Edward were sent to a Methodist orphanage in ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Men, Military, Politics, Racism, Sports, War
Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: Caribbean, Guyana, Military, politcis, president

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The body of former President Janet Jagan is to be cremated immediately following her state funeral here on Tuesday.
Jagan died early Saturday morning at the Georgetown Hospital. She was 88 years old.
On Tuesday, the funeral procession will depart her Georgetown residence at 8:00 am and will stop directly in front of the ...
Posted in Caribbean, Politics, Women
Posted on 12 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Army, Black History, History, King Henry VIII, Military, Music, Trumpet, john blanke

It appears that John Blanke, an African trumpeter, was a regular musician at the courts of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Musicians' payments were noted in the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, who was responsible for paying the wages.
There are several payments recorded to a 'John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter'. This trumpeter ...
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Education, Entertainment, Military, Music, War
Posted on 06 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Africans, America, American, Americas, Black, Black History, Blacks, Books, Britain, British, Canada, Caribbean, Caribbeans, Community, Doctors, Egypt, Europe, Events, Exodusters, France, Guyana, Halifax, Health, History, Illegal, Kansas, Knights, Military, Music, News, North America, Notices, Parties, Personalities, Police, Prison, Racing, Racism, Racist, Trade, War, Washington, Women, children, farming, football, kids, negro, notice, president, race, schools, segregation, slaves, society, stories, street, violence

Black Canadians in Canada:
Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000
Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000
Percentage of Canadian Population that's Black: 2%
Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in:
- Toronto - 47%
- Montreal - 20%
- Ottawa - 6%
- Vancouver - 3%
- Halifax - 2%
Where Black Canadians ...
Posted in Politics, The Americas
Posted on 03 March 2009. Tags: 19th Century, Africans, Army, Black British, British, Caribbeans, Jamaica, Military, Racism, War, black soldiers, society


The Visual Representation, Role and Origin of Black Soldiers in British Army Regiments During the Early Nineteenth Century.
Presented by Mr John D Ellis as part of the requirement of the MA Degree in Nineteenth Century Culture and Society.
University of Nottingham, September 2000.
Posted in Africa, Black Britain, Caribbean, Europe, War
Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, America, American, Americas, Antigua, Army, Black, Black British, Blacks, Britain, British, Canada, Death, France, Hair, Health, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Military, Moors, Navy, News, Nurse, Soldiers, Trade, Troops, Trumpet, Wales, War, Williams, equality, negro, senegal, slaves, surgeon


It would of course be easy to leave such men as
Posted in Africa, African American, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Europe, War
Posted on 28 February 2009. Tags: African American, Air force, Military, Tuskeegee, WW2, War, airmen, flyers


The contributions of African-American patriots to our nation’s safety were ignored or downplayed for generations. It has been only during the past several decades that efforts have been made to rectify the injustice
Posted in African American